Saeed Naqvi | Recalling Iraq’s tragedy in 2003 & statesmanship of PM Vajpayee Published : Apr 23, 2021, 12:00 am IST Updated : Apr 23, 2021, 12:00 am IST Worldview India’s journalists remember April 2003 for the kind of journalism Indians haven’t practised before or since News April 2003 was the cruellest month for the people of Iraq, a month of reflection on Pakistan by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and a rare opportunity for Worldview India, a group of Indian journalists who helped lift the mist from the month’s historic events. The Americans occupied Iraq by April 3. Vice-president Dick Cheney, the real author of the operation, was eager to declare victory on April 9. It had to be a spectacular media event. After all, Mr Cheney embedded 300-plus journalists with the US military.